Template talk:Arthropod-borne diseases and infestations

This template does not require a rating on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects:

Medicine This template is within the scope of WikiProject Medicine. Please visit the project page for details or ask questions at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Medicine.MedicineWikipedia:WikiProject MedicineTemplate:WikiProject Medicinemedicine articles Arthropods This template is within the scope of WikiProject Arthropods, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of arthropods on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.ArthropodsWikipedia:WikiProject ArthropodsTemplate:WikiProject ArthropodsArthropods articles

This template appears to mostly be about arthropod infestations, i.e. the arthropod is present, causing disease. Although the name is "Arthropod infestations" the title is "Diseases from arthropods and ectoparasitics [sic]" which is a little more ambiguous I think. This could include diseases where the arthropod is simply a vector and the disease persists even when the arthropod is gone. This is the case for most of the mosquito-borne diseases which are linked. Should we remove that link? Or do we truly want this to include all diseases, in which case we would need to make a lot of additions, for example diseases where sandflies, tsetse flies, kissing bugs, ticks, mites, etc are the vector. There is already a separate template for diseases transmitted by ticks and mites, Template:Acari-borne diseases. I am considering making a new template for diseases where insects are the vector, in the same style as the Acari one. Mthoma15 (talk) 03:48, 1 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]